Austarion

well the evil auto is out.
the manual goes in tomorrow. have tried a test fit, minus flywheel, clutch etc and it fits easy. all bolt holes, etc are there.

any one got all the trque spec for pressure plate to fly wheel, flywheel, bellhousing etc?

i havent taken any photos of anything, figuring you probably wanna see stuff like the technical bits of making it all work, but if theres anything you wanna see just holla out


(wtf!? just holla out? - i must be tired and drunk)

Chuck that auto as far far away as you can get...

NXTIME wrote:Chuck that auto as far far away as you can get...

dont you worry.

i might drop it off something very high first, followed by blowing it up with oxyacetelene gas, and then a bit of gas-axing to finish.

I have to do the same conversion..any technical info would be greatly apppreciated..

check to see if your starion has two set of holes behind the ones that mount the auto. if it does, your in luck. it means (usually) that the car has the manual tunnel.

if it is then basically its is remove the auto, and put in a manual. straigtforward stuff

i have taken some pictures i will post up after its all done

change tailshafts if its a manual tunnel?

yeah you need the manual tail shaft

manual on top
auto bottom



edit: wear safety boots too, the torque converter hurts when you drop it on your foot

Take the auto to scrap metal. Thats where all my unwanted starion bits go. You can get a decent amount of piss-money :D

Take the auto to scrap metal. Thats where all my unwanted starion bits go. You can get a decent amount of piss-money

Probably should have done that with my housemate's 4cyl Torana engine rather than er.. fitting it into the wheelie bin :P (it was funny watching the garbage truck trying to pick it up)

On the auto/manual conversion - don't forget the spigot bearing.

Along those lines HCCA, we 'fitted' the old 1600 from my lancer to the boot of a sigma... then smashed the shit out of it, so when they took it away, they couldnt dump the engine back with us. Muhahaha.

its all done.

woop de do

took it around the block at 10:00 tonight. everything works

still about 10 things to do such as:
connect reverse lights properly
brace clutch pedal so its not just using the master cylinder bolts to hold it in
etc
etc
etc

but its all done yayayayayayayayay

i laughed like a giddy idiot when it was done.

it was a really easy swap too, i would highly reccomend it as a project for anyone. good way to learn how your staz works

hcca - the spigot is the one that fits inside the flywheel? yeah i didnt forget it.

LOL
hey mate love the japanese safety boots in the last pic!!
no wonder that converter tickled! :P


glad it all worked out though :)

hcca - the spigot is the one that fits inside the flywheel? yeah i didnt forget it.

Yep.. just mentioned it because it's easy to forget (or not know about) since the auto setup doesn't have one. I would imagine your clutch and/or gearbox input shaft would disintegrate pretty quickly without it.